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fromSlate Magazine
1 week agoMy In-Laws Are Very Generous With Their Money. But It Comes With a Suspicious Stipulation.
Secrecy surrounding financial arrangements can create a sense of unease, especially when it comes to estate planning. The lack of documentation and vague instructions can lead to confusion and distrust among family members.
Relationships
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Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
4 weeks agoI grew up lower middle class and the thing nobody explains is how the financial anxiety doesn't leave when the money arrives. You can have six months of savings and still feel the phantom weight of an empty account because your nervous system was calibrated in a house where the math never quite worked and it stored that frequency permanently - Silicon Canals
Chronic stress from childhood financial instability affects adult behavior and emotional responses to money.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago9 subtle behaviors that reveal someone grew up in a household where money was discussed in whispers, and why those behaviors persist long after financial security has arrived - Silicon Canals
Financial behaviors are shaped by early experiences and trauma, not just knowledge or information gaps about money.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPeople who grew up watching their parents check the mailbox with visible anxiety understand something about money that no financial literacy course will ever teach - that scarcity isn't a budget problem, it's a nervous system state - Silicon Canals
Financial anxiety stems from deep-rooted emotional experiences rather than just a lack of knowledge about budgeting or financial concepts.
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
2 months agoMy Husband Said I Didn't Have to Work Once We Had Kids. But There's Been a Major Catch.
Stay-at-home parents should have full financial transparency and access to family accounts regardless of income contribution, ensuring household partnership and preparedness for emergencies.
fromPsychology Today
7 months agoMoney Boundaries and Mental Health
My therapy practice was generating a significant amount of revenue, yet I was on the brink of collapse. Poor profit margins and weak financial boundaries had left me in a severe cash-flow crisis. With kindness, he said: "Joyce, you're not running a charity-you deserve to make a profit."
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
8 months agoWhat Percentage of Your Mental Life Is Influenced by Money?
Behind every decision regarding how you allocate your precious time on earth - every meal, every subscription, and every purchase - you weigh whether something is 'worth it.' And underneath each decision lurks a tangled matrix of emotions, biases, social programming, narratives, justifications, and scheming about money and value.
Mental health
fromBuzzFeed
1 year ago"It's Basically Free Money": 31 Small Habits That People Say Led To Big Savings
A (very stupid-seeming) trick that helped me is having my grocery list on my phone instead of on paper. I always have my phone on me, so I'm never going shopping again without a plan. Plus, always having my wants and needs and looking over them multiple times makes me think about them more. 'Do I really want frozen pizza, or was that an 'I'm so hungry' thought?'
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